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Barclays settles civil lawsuits for US$ 325m
October 20th, 2015
Barclays Settles Certain RMBS Securities Claims with the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Barclays has issued a press release to inform investors reached a settlement with the NCUA to resolve two outstanding civil lawsuits for US$ 325m. These lawsuits are part of ...
India Targets Century-Old Bankruptcy Law to Revive Momentum
October 19th, 2015
Finance Ministry to receive recommendations on law this week To deepen corporate bond market and finance long-term infra Prime Minister Narendra Modi is poised to overhaul Indian bankruptcy laws that date back a century in a bid to get his ...
Lawyers demand VW buy back half a million vehicles affected by the recent emissions scandal
October 15th, 2015
Lawyers with Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan have escalated their legal battle against Volkswagen A.G., demanding the company buy back half a million vehicles affected by the recent emissions scandal They claim VW hasn’t ...
Latest moves to open South Korea to international law firms
October 13th, 2015
Eforts to open up South Korea to international law firms are still facing obstruction, an IBA session on free trade agreements and crossborder legal services heard. The Republic of Korea undertook to open its legal services market under free ...
GC Futures Summit: The law firm of the future
October 12th, 2015
Law departments have given their view on the shape of the law firm of the future in a poll conducted for the GC Futures Summit. Law firms need to take a greater interest in their clients’ business if they ...
Shareholder lawsuit against Volkswagen in Germany
October 9th, 2015
US litigation powerhouse Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has been instructed in a shareholder lawsuit against car maker Volkswagen (VW) after the company lost as much as $33bn in market value in ten days after it admitted to cheating emissions tests. ...
GemCoin Investors Seek $100 Million in Class Action Lawsuit
October 9th, 2015
An $100m class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of victims of an alleged Ponzi scheme involving the fake cryptocurrency ‘Gemcoin’ days after a US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) crackdown. The complaint, filed Monday by The Liu Law Group ...
Annan tells lawyers to go beyond their duty to clients
October 9th, 2015
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the International Bar Association in Vienna that, when it comes to business and human rights, corporate lawyers have a higher duty than meeting the expectations of their clients. Mr Annan (pictured) was speaking ...
First Europe entry for giant employment law firm
October 8th, 2015
Littler Global Enters Europe with Expansion Into Germany Germany’s Leading Labor and Employment Firm, vangard, Joins Littler’s Global Platform Littler has issued an announcement to inform that has added vangard, a leading labor and employment law boutique in Germany, to ...
Law Firms Spending $5 – $10 Million on Business Development
October 5th, 2015
A sampling of U.S. law firms by LAC Group, creator of Library as a Service® and a leader in library outsourcing and other services for law firms, shows that firms are investing heavily in competitive intelligence and market research. ...
